Today has been a day of discovery.

Firstly, it seems all that whining I was doing about their UI finally paid off and the boys over at Skype took notice. I think they maybe have a tap on my line?

Of course, to get the new, decent, pared-down UI you need a mac, and the stones to run a beta, but isn’t that always the way?

Actually, it’s pretty reminiscent of the googletalk client, which is currently windows-only, so maybe the new hotness will spill out across the product line?

They also added video, if you’re ready to ferret around for an obscure varient (1.5.0.47, as opposed to the 1.5.0.48 of the “blind” version). This is pretty odd behaviour in my book, although the notes mention that the video is pretty CPU-intensive right now: presumably they’ll merge the branches when they feel it’s lean enough for general use?

In other news, iVolume will use the generally preferred replaygain algorithm to replace apple’s soundcheck tag across your iTunes library. Smart, no? It actually changes the value of the existing itunNORM tag in all your files.

The same guy also wrote SharingMenu, which is all sorts of handy if you’re flitting between a mix of networks.

Also beginning with that letter (a fad among mac software devs that really ought to have died by now), iBank has been depressing me no end as I use it to suck my bank account info out of HSBC’s website. It’s a neat app mind, I just wish it would show me more black numbers than red.